A Nica report for those who want to know.
written by Julie R. Neidlinger 1 comments link this postIf you were to ask me how Nicaragua was so far, I would probably give you the weather report answer: Hot. Humid. I'm dripping wet.
(OK, I veered a bit into personal hygiene...)
But we're all good. It's going well, and our first day, though very relaxed, has been good. I've enjoyed connecting with my Nicaragua friends, and have had a good talk with a friend that I met on the last trip. The girl I have been sponsoring for a few years is also spending the entire week with our group, and she brought her violin along. She is just learning to play it; her entire family is very musical. She played for me, and then I played a little on it. It was a good moment for both of us. We also have a new interpreter who is a really sweet young woman.
Our schedule is pretty relaxed, but we are planning a food distribution and have already taken some people to the doctor/dentist. Tomorrow we'll be taking a number of people to the market. Tonight, church. (And, since we'll be asked to sing in front of the church, I suppose our little group had better learn a song in the next hour). We will also have a free day in which we are planning on taking some of our Nicaraguan friends to the beach.
I did the morning devotions, in which we talked about how God is a God of small things, and how looking at the "big picture" often causes us to lose sight of the important small things God asks us to be obedient in.
Now, if you were going to ask how the traveling went yesterday...that would be a very different story, one that ranged from major mechanical difficulties, cancelled flights, running through airports, and sighs of relief as we barely made boarding.
But that was yesterday, and it ended up being a day of small miracles in which we all made, our luggage all made it, the van rental went without a hitch, we safely drove to Leon, and were snug and dead tired in our beds by 11:30 last night.
So, all is well. The group is having a great time joking with each other, and I have to say: I'm liking the small group feel. We're getting along great.
::For those of you who have gone on past trips and want a quick list of what we've done so far: Tip Top Chicken, swimming pool. I know you wanted to know.::
Labels: nicaragua, nicaragua 2008, travel
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1 Comments:
Thank you Julie for the update, we are praying for you. A lady in town heard about you and I think saw video of previous trip, I found out it was Tom who shared in that service.
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Judy, at
26/6/08 18:36
